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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465668503321

Autore

Davies Ann <1961->

Titolo

Daniel Calparsoro [[electronic resource] /] / Ann Davies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester, U.K. ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press

New York, : Distributed in the United States exclusively by Palgrave, 2009

ISBN

1-78170-209-8

1-84779-286-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Collana

Spanish and Latin American filmmakers

Disciplina

791.430233092

Soggetti

Motion picture producers and directors - Spain

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes filmography (p. [187]-191), bibliographical references (p. [192]-197) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Pt. I. The context. Introduction -- Najwa Nimri: the interaction of director and star -- pt. II. The films. Salto al vacío: opening up the void -- Pasajes: pathways through nowhere -- A ciegas: the blind side of Basque terrorism -- Asfalto: violence à trois -- Guerreros: Spanish alienation in a foreign landscape -- Ausentes: shining a light on horror -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

Daniel Calparsoro, a director who has provided a crucial contribution to the contemporary scene in Spanish and Basque cinema, has provoked strong reactions from the critics. Reductively dismissed as a purveyor of crude violence by those critics lamenting a 'lost golden age' of Spanish filmmaking, Calparsoro's films reveal in fact a more complex interaction with trends and traditions in both Spanish and Hollywood cinema.This book is the first full-length study of the director's work, from his early social realist films set in the Basque Country to his later forays into the genres of the war and